- Dec 21, 2000
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Hi,
Maybe the Guru's can help me here
Im currently networking two win 98 SE Pc's using a pair of 10/100 Mbit NIC's and a CAT5 crossover cable that someone made up for me. Only it seems to be slower than I had expected, with file transfers of around 3meg per second. Ive set the two network cards to 100 mbit mode in their properties and also messed around with turning full duplex on and off, the speed remained the same at around 3Meg/sec.
The crossover cable goes past lots of other cables (including power leads) and through a wall could this be the problem? or are crossovers just damn slow.
Ive also noticed that the CAT 5 cable that goes to my cable modem, is much thicker, possibly due to shielding? Could it be that my crossover is unshielded and suffering from lots of interference.
Do I need to go for some kind of 100mbit hub?, bearing in mind I only have two pc's and not likely to get any more.
Any help or advice on what I should do is appreciated in advance
Many Thanks
Adam
Maybe the Guru's can help me here
Im currently networking two win 98 SE Pc's using a pair of 10/100 Mbit NIC's and a CAT5 crossover cable that someone made up for me. Only it seems to be slower than I had expected, with file transfers of around 3meg per second. Ive set the two network cards to 100 mbit mode in their properties and also messed around with turning full duplex on and off, the speed remained the same at around 3Meg/sec.
The crossover cable goes past lots of other cables (including power leads) and through a wall could this be the problem? or are crossovers just damn slow.
Ive also noticed that the CAT 5 cable that goes to my cable modem, is much thicker, possibly due to shielding? Could it be that my crossover is unshielded and suffering from lots of interference.
Do I need to go for some kind of 100mbit hub?, bearing in mind I only have two pc's and not likely to get any more.
Any help or advice on what I should do is appreciated in advance
Many Thanks
Adam